[email protected]_solberg: Norway wants to pursue cooperation with UK after Brexit there would be both benefits and disadvantages for UK to join EEA, but EEA countries are more like-minded and UK is a bit different

[email protected]_solberg: Norway model is good idea for those who accept giving authority to EU institutions, especially decisions on rules Norway understands that it's a small country, but UK has another self-image and might be more difficult to accept that

[email protected]_solberg on customs union: there are few tariffs between EU and Norway, most customs checks are done electronically but there is border controlthere is sometimes friction for Norwegian companies entering the EU

[email protected]_solberg: sometimes it's frustrating for Norwegian politicians not to be involved in decision-making, but it's better than being further apartfor small country like Norway, it's important to have "real-life cooperation" for businesses, academia/students, etc.

Opponents of Norway’s close ties to the European Union are wrong to assume a more beneficial relationship could be found, as shown by Britain’s troubled negotiations to leave the bloc, the Norwegian foreign minister said

The world's largest container shipping firm A.P. Moller-Maersk said Thursday it would shut down its business in Iran to abide with reimposed sanctions after Washington pulled the United States from a nuclear accord

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